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  • We WILL Reap What We Sow…Why That’s Encouraging to Us

    We WILL Reap What We Sow…Why That’s Encouraging to Us

    Do we reap what we sow? I saw this on Facebook today and thought…hmmmm….do I agree with this?

    “One day all the hard work will pay off.”

    First of all, I think there are so many things wrong with this. If it’s not paying off today, I will not stick with it. How does keeping my lines bright pay off daily?

    1. It is paying off today in life change.
    2. It is paying off today in healing.
    3. It is paying off today in freedom.
    4. It is paying off today in integrity.
    5. It is paying off today in healthy eating.
    6. It is paying off today in peace.
    7. It is paying off today in automaticity.

    Wow!

    Automaticity, Peace, Integrity, Healthy Eating, Healing, Freedom, Life Change

    There are amazing daily rewards but, let’s be honest, we also want the scale to keep going down over time. That’s evidence that we’re making the right choices daily.

    We Reap What We Sow

    Galatians 6:7-9 says…

    “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

    “For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

    “Let us not lose heart in doing good for in due time, we will reap what we sow.”

    It’s the Both/And of We Reap What We Sow

    One day at a time…

    One meal at a time…

    God calls me to faithfulness to the law of His harvest.

    Sow daily.

    Reap in season.

    All of nature teaches us this. God will not be mocked.

  • Power for One Day at a Time

    Power for One Day at a Time

    “I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.” Ephesians 1:16-21

    I love this prayer Paul prayed. I pray for us that we would have the Spirit of wisdom and revelation–teach us, God.

    That we would know Him better–draw us, God.

    That the eyes of our heart may be enlightened so we know the hope He has called us to–guide us, God.

    That we would experience His incomparable great power–fill us, God.

    I need God’s power in this lifetime battle with indulgence–eating when I’m not hungry. Gluttony. Looking to food to meet my heart’s needs–instead of God.

    Just for today…I need God’s power. That’s all I need to focus on.

    A lifetime is made up of days. Daily choices that form me into who I am.

    Today I am the sum of all my yesterdays.

    Tomorrow I will be what I choose today.

    The Bible says not to think about tomorrow. Today is all I have.

    Who I will be tomorrow, three months from now, a year, 10 years…is rooted in the choices, attitudes, actions, habits, work I do TODAY!

    Today meme

    Today is all I have.

    And today I need God’s power that raised Jesus from the dead.

    I cannot do it by myself. I need God’s power to live victoriously one day at a time.

    Daily choices matter.

    “Do not be deceived. You do reap what you sow.” Galatians 6:7